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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Cleveland's Embalmer carry on with the straightforward death metal tradition that has always suited Ohio's no-frills underground. Since 2016, they've delivered unadorned, morgue-scented brutality without pretense.
Swiss goregrind and death metal institution active since 2003, delivering nauseating blasts of extreme noise with theatrical, horror-tinged imagery. Their long-running tenure makes them one of Switzerland's most established acts in the goregrind genre.
Death metal act from Osnabruck in Lower Saxony, Germany, that evolved from standard death metal toward brutal death metal since 2009. Their stylistic progression reflects a deepening commitment to the genre's most extreme and punishing tendencies.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Zagreb, Croatia formed in 2023. They bring a versatile blend of extreme metal from the Croatian capital.
Exploring the depths of brutal death metal and death metal, this Russian outfit from Novosibirsk has been refining their craft since 2006. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with ferocious dedication.
Oakland's Embers fuse black metal's icy atmosphere with doom's crushing weight and crust punk's streetwise grit, building something uniquely Bay Area in its bleakness. Active since 2009, they've carved out a space where political urgency and sonic desolation intersect.
A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Eskilstuna-based death metal and melodic death metal act channels punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Active since 2021, primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
A product of the birthplace of heavy metal itself, this Derbyshire-based death metal and melodic death metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2023, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom — death metal and melodic death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2012, they deal in punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
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